Before we begin, let me just say: this is a Zooey Deschanel free zone. Not because she's not deserving, but because I don't want to have to defend Zooey > Emily, even though it's SUCH an obvious pick. Now we're ready to start. Today is, obviously, Valentine's Day, a day, if you're nine years old and in elementary school, where you muster up the coverage to walk over to the cute girl in class you have a crush on and ask her, "Will you be my Valentine?"

Pre-teen us was a lot bolder than the us of now, so our pining these days is done through the Internet or, for the purposes of this list, at a concert, where you hope to soak in Natasha Khan's ridiculous talent and overwhelming beauty. This is a list of 15 crush-worthy, amazing musicians — all featured on F*ck Yeah Chick Musicians — who released an album last year or will/might this year (hence the lack of Taylor Momsen, haha, jk).

(This may also double as an excuse to get you to listen to Marnie Stern.)

I saw Dead Sara at a concert festival before I knew who they were, perhaps it was the copious amounts of alcohol I had ingested or spending all day in the sun, but I was fairly certain I wanted to make babies with Emily Armstrong within minutes